10 Pick-Up Lines SO Truly, Truly Awful They’re Almost Great

Because it’s easy to be awkward when you’re trying to hook-up with a complete stranger. It’s easy to walk over to them in a bar, mumble a terrible conversation-starter, and slink away without them ever registering your presence. Being that BORING, being that forgettable, is a surprisingly easy thing to accomplish.

BUT being memorably, hilariously AWFUL while trying to pick up a stranger… THAT takes some work. Because anyone can muster up the courage to squeak out, “Hey, do you want to get coffee?” However, it takes a special kind of fearless to completely forget about all notions of shame and modesty, look a person in the eye, and declare, “Are your pants a mirror? Because I can see myself in them.”

I would love to see some research on the historical effectiveness of those classically terrible pick-up lines. Do they ever work? Do people ever respond to them? Or does it all come down to how the lines are said and who exactly is saying them? (For example, how effective is a line like “Girl, you’re so hot, my zipper is falling for you!” in real life? And how much more successful would it be if Channing Tatum said it to you in a bar, as opposed to Gary Busey?)

Their contributions ranged from the clumsiest dad jokes to some of the most beautifully filthy one-liners you’ve ever heard. These pick-up lines are both eye-rollingly awkward and so bizarre that they just might be genius. Use these lines at your own caution. If you’re not Channing Tatum (or Jenna Dewan Tatum), there’s a very decent chance you’ll be going home alone after trying them out.